Is it safe to put a newborn in a regular crib?

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  • Sassie113
  on Nov. 2, 2009 at 10:21 PM

• I've never used a bassinet. My oldest 2 slept in their own rooms in their regular cribs. I just used a baby monitor.

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  • JasonsMom2007
  on Nov. 2, 2009 at 10:21 PM

• My son napped in his crib from the day we brought him home from the hosptial.  He HATED his bassinet so he ended up using a pack and play upstairs.  No blankets, pillows, etc. though.  This time I am getting a co-sleepers.
  

   
  

  

  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

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  • Randi02
  on Nov. 2, 2009 at 10:24 PM

• We co slept with our newborns. It helps regulate their breathing and temperature, syncs your sleep cycle with theirs and reduces their chance of crib death (aka SIDS) It's also great for the breastfeeding relationship.
  

  I am a Canadian,breastfeeding (it IS best, there is nothing even close to that nutrition and bond), co sleeping, extended rear facing (if you don't rear face to the maximum of your seat, you're NOT doing all you can to protect your child), baby wearing, Non spanking (I want my kids to respect me, not fear me) ANTI- CIO, homemade baby food making, cloth diapering, organic (chemical free household!) recycling mama to TWO! My husband is my equal and best friend, not my master and I believe basic health care should be a human RIGHT, not a privilege.

                                               
  

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  • homeandalone
  on Nov. 2, 2009 at 10:25 PM

•  a crib is fine inface a bassanet u wont be able to use it long only for about 5 months cuz they are really weak and once ur baby start moving and rolling over and pulling on things he/she might flip out.... ur best bet is a crib

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  • KariLyn84
  on Nov. 2, 2009 at 10:28 PM

• When I was a first time mom, my sister- who's baby was about 9 months old recommended one for the following reasons-1. It's easier when breastfeeding in the middle of the night, the baby is right there; this is also super beneficial if you have a ceasarean which in my case we had to do an unexpected emergency c-section. Recovery was three weeks until I was back to normal and the bassinet saved my life!! lol

  Another reason-being a first time mom, you are going to be constantly checking the baby to make sure he/she is still breathing. It's natural- every new mom does it! A bassinet provides room to room comfort. I would take mine from the bedroom at night to the living room during the day and the kitchen when I needed to cook or clean. Well worth the time and money to mess with. I have used one with each of my three children. They all stayed in the bassinet until they learned to roll over- mostly because once they each learned to do that, they started sleeping on their tummies. I am 6 months now and have every intention of using it for this baby as well. Even if I don't breastfeed this one, and even if my doc does the c-section the pain free way this time as well, I will still use it just for the ease in portability from room to room!

  However the bumper pad warning for newborns...they are not really going to be going anywhere, so until they roll around, it's not really a concern, however I have always had one in our cribs. When I took it out when my first born started really moving about I was worried about the concerns of babies suffucating and things like that. Well, the first night that I put him to bed without it, he got his leg caught in between the cribslats. It was so bad I had to wake my husband up and even after greasing him up with butter, baby oil, soap- everything we could think of, we could not get his leg out. His leg started turning blue very quickly and my husband ran for his drywall cutter and cut the slat top and bottom to free his little purple leg. I have used a crib bumper ever since regardless of the warnings. I check to make sure it's tied tightly in knots, that the bottom is tucked down into the mattress, and so long as you keep up with making sure its secure, I don't see the danger in them. (plus it works as a handy blinder so baby can't see you if you're in the room! lol)

   

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  • ArmyWifey4907
  on Nov. 2, 2009 at 10:58 PM

• You don't have to have a bassinet, and you don't have to have the crib in the same room as you.  A newborn baby can sleep in a crib in a seperate room, just have a baby monitor hooked up.
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  • Cynthje
  on Nov. 3, 2009 at 6:50 AM

• My kids sleep in my room for at least a year, we sometimes share the bed but the baby is usually in her own crib next to my bed. I breastfeed and i dont see how a basinet is more convenient than a crib at all, the crib takes up more space..thats about the only thing i can think off.
  

   Throughout the world, there exists a group of women who feel mightily drawn to giving care to women in childbirth. At the same time maternal and independent, responsive to a mother's needs, yet accepting full responsibility as her attendant; such women are natural midwives. Without the presence and acceptance of the midwife, obstetrics becomes aggressive, technical, and inhuman.

  Professor G.J. Kloosterman, Chief of OB/GYN, Univ. of Amsterdam

   
  

  
  

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  • livewell
  on Nov. 3, 2009 at 6:59 AM

• Have you concidered co-sleeping?

  If you are breastfeeding, it makes your nights much less disturbed.
  

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  • emmabeastsmom
  on Nov. 3, 2009 at 9:20 AM

• Yes it is safe.  We used a regular crib from the day we brought our daughter home.  We did sleep in her room for about 2 weeks then after that we used a baby monitor (our rooms are close together anyway).  This is what I plan to do with all the children we have.  It worked great for us, we never had the issue of her not wanting to sleep in her crib. 
  

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  • lilmamiz07
  on Nov. 3, 2009 at 9:22 AM

• this but i have 2 daughters.
  

  Quoting AidanCamsMom:
  
  

  I never had a bassinet with either of my two sons. It was into the regular crib for both of them from day 1.
  

  
  

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